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Originally Posted by Cooper2010  I'm at my wits end. My 11 month old has completely regressed in house breaking. This may be long, so please bear with me.
He will pee when I take him out, but not poop. Within 5 minutes of bringing him in he poops. He gives me no signal that he needs to go out. I think alot of what he's doing is marking, 5 or 6 drops. He was neutered at 5 months.
Today I bought him a 20ft lead to give him more freedom when we're out. I can also attach that to a door knob and he can't reach the carpet. I bought him a belly band, even though I'm not sure what the point is? He pees in that? I spent all day yesterday shampooing my carpet and I'm not half-way done. I've worked and worked with this dog. I've even resorted to a kitchen timer to take him out every two hours. Still, not 15 minutes go by after taking him out and he's either peed or pooped in the carpet.
I've reached the point where I almost don't even like him anymore. A pet is supposed to be enjoyable, not non-stop work and aggravation. I know some of the things I'll hear, but believe me, I HAVE worked with this dog. At this point I think he's hard headed and stubborn. He's spent more time in his crate the last 3 days than he's been out.
The ONLY thing I've found to motivate this dog is cheese. He cares nothing for treats or toys. I'm ready to give up.
I posted this here because there are only 5 viewing in the training forum. I'm so discouraged. |
Actually all of their lives but especially when they are young they take work and commitment on your part. That just goes along with dog ownership. I think if you wanted less work you should have gotten a cat.
Belly bands will help with marking but potty training problems you just have to go back to square one and do crate training. I had one that had potty training problems and she was 3 and I was successful getting her trained with crate training so it can be done